Re: master edd11a2c6e 1/2: Update comments in some X code

[tomas]

On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 09:13:24PM +0800, Po Lu wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > You meant "Max number of buckets", right?
> 
> Yes, but that makes the first line longer than 69 characters, which I
> think is the limit.  Don't "most" and "max number of" mean the same here
> anyway?

Oh, as a non-native speaker I feel your pain :)

"Most buckets" means given a fixed set of buckets, their majority.
Whereas the maximum number of buckets means "you can't have more
than so-many buckets". So the first is a subset of some existing
set of buckets (usually with a property characterising it), whereas
the second is a number.

As in "most people in this elevator wear a tie", as opposed to
"the maximum number of people in this elevator is 69".

If you are short of space, "max buckets" or even "max. buckets"
might do, although it isn't really good English.

Cheers
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t

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